“i’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw sewage.” – miles raymond

a couple of days ago my coworker openly wondered why i could like the hangover when it’s not half the movie that sideways is. i immediately retorted that the two movies aren’t even in the same genre, much less in the same league. moreover, while i found the hangover mildly amusing there was at least one comedy in 2009 – i love you man – that i preferred.

i’m getting off track.

anyway, as soon as she mentioned sideways i started thinking about miles’ derivative despair. i think that the thing i find uncomfortably funny about that scene is how true miles’ sentiment is. many of my minutes, hours and days – and infinitely more of my words – are little more than surging excrement. i don’t even want to think about how much sewage i’ve spewed into this world and i fear that at the end of my days i will deliver far more shit than benefit.

however, after reflecting on the verbal sewage that i spew, my mind turned towards prayer. it seems to me that prayer, in this instance especially silent prayer to God for others, is one of the most powerful ways that i can intercede for, find solidarity with and truly love others.

so there you go. an increase in prayer is a decrease in excrement. reflections like this lead me to believe that my paperback of personal devotions might just sell after all.

this blog is a collaboration between jeff gentry, kevin smith clark and slowfo. if you think of it in light of the depiction of rolling stone in almost famous, jeff is ben fong-torres (since he always secretly wanted to be asian), kevin smith clark (aka your public school) is william ... Continue reading →